Freedom Quotes
The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.
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"The function of freedom is to free someone else."Toni Morrison
"We are never free."Toni Morrison
"The freedom to be ourselves is perhaps the most precious gift we can claim."Alice Walker
"I would rather be a black man in America than a white man anywhere else."Richard Wright
"I belong to the world's outcasts."Richard Wright
"The struggle for freedom is eternal and never truly finished."Richard Wright
"Freedom is not given; it is taken through struggle and sacrifice."Richard Wright
"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain."Ralph Ellison
"Life is to be lived, not controlled."Ralph Ellison
"Let freedom ring."Ralph Ellison
"I am what I choose to be."Ralph Ellison
"There is power in telling our own stories."Toni Cade Bambara
"We cannot be free unless we all are free."Toni Cade Bambara
"Freedom is not a destination but a continuous act of resistance."Richard Wright
"There is no greater privilege than being yourself."Maya Angelou
"I am a woman of the world, and the world is my home."Maya Angelou
"Freedom is not given; it is seized through constant vigilance and struggle."Ralph Ellison
"I, too, sing America."Langston Hughes
"There are words like Freedom, Sweet and wonderful to say."Langston Hughes
"Let America be America again, let it be the dream it used to be."Langston Hughes
"Let my people go. Go back home to freedom land."Langston Hughes
"Dance because you are free."Langston Hughes
"I've known oppression and I know the sweetness of freedom."Langston Hughes
"Nothing to lose but our chains."Langston Hughes
"Whatever the degree of forced suppression, there always remains a hard core of truth."Alice Walker
"To know ourselves to be free means to know ourselves to be responsible."Alice Walker
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."James Baldwin
"We cannot be free until they are free."James Baldwin
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take."James Baldwin
"You cannot accept the events of your life as a free man unless you accept the reality of your future as well."James Baldwin